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Regd. No. NW. CH-33

Punjab Government Gazette

Published by Authority

No. 22] CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1983

(JYAISTHA 13, 1905 SAKA)

LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

CONTENTS Pages Part I Acts

Nil

Part II Ordinances Nil

Part III Delegated Legislation (1) Notification No. G.S.R. 52. Const./ Art.

309/ 83, dated the 6th May, 1983, containing the Punjab Public Works Department (Public Health Circle) State Service Class II Rules, 1983.

277-287

(2) Notification No. G.S.R. 53/ P.A. 3/11/S.240/amd./83, dated the 25th May, 1983, containing draft amendment to the rules contained in the Municipal Account Code, 1930.

289

(3) Notification No. S.O. 29, P.C.L. (R&A)/ R.73/r.24/83, dated the 24th May, 1983, notifying the head of account under which the amount of security to be deposited under rule 24 of the Punjab Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Rules, 1973 shall be paid in the concerned local treasury.

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Part IV ...... Correction Slips, Republications and Replacements

Nil

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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Notification

The 6th May, 1983

No. G.S.R.52/Const./Art.309/83. – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso

to article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make

the following rules regulating the recruitment to, and the conditions of service of

persons appointed to, the Punjab Public Works Department (Public Health Circle) State

Service, Class III, namely:-

1. Short title, commencement and application. – (1) These rules may be called the

Punjab Public Works Department (Public Health Circle) State Service Class III

Rules, 1983.

(2) They shall come into force at once.

(3) They shall apply to all the posts specified in Appendix "A" to these rules.

2. Definitions. – In these rules unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) 'Board means the Punjab Subordinate Service Selection Board or any other

authority appointed to discharge its functions;

(b) 'Chief Engineer' means the Chief Engineer, Punjab, Department of Public

Works (Public Health Branch);

(c) 'Circle' means the area under the control of a Superintending Engineer;

(d) 'direct appointment' means an appointment made otherwise than by

promotion or by transfer of an official already in the service of Government

of India or of a State Government'

(e) 'Government' means the Government of Punjab in the Department of Public

Works;

(f) 'Service' means the Punjab Public Works Department (Public Health Circle)

State Service Class III; and

(g) 'recognised university' means-


(i) any university incorporated by law in any of the State of India;

or

(ii) the Punjab Sind or Dacca University, in the case of a degree or

diploma obtained as a result of examinations held by these

universities before the 15th August, 1947; or

(iii) any other university which is recognised by the Government for the

purpose of these rules.

3. Number and character of posts – The Service shall comprise the posts shown in

Appendix 'A' to these rules;

Provided that nothing in these rules shall affect the inherent right of the

Government to add to or reduce the number of such posts or to create new

posts with different designations and scales of pay whether permanently or

temporarily.

4. Nationality, domicile and character of candidates appointed to Services. –

(1) No candidate shall be appointed to the Service unless he is –

(a) a citizen of India, or

(b) a citizen of Nepal, or

(c) a subject of Bhutan, or

(d) a Tibetan refugee, who came over to India before the 1st January, 1962,

with the intention of permanently settling in India, or

(e) a person of Indian origin who has migrated from Pakistan, Burma, Sri

Lanka, East African countries of Kenya, Uganda, the United Republic of

Tanzania (formerly Tanganuika and Zanzibar) Zambia, Malawi, Zaire,

Ethopia and Vietnam with the intention of permanently settling in India:

Provided that a candidate belonging to categories (b), (c), (d) and (e)

shall be a person in whose favour a certificate of eligibility has been

issued by the Government of India.

(2) A candidate in whose case a certificate of eligibility is necessary may be

admitted to an examination or interview conducted by the Commission or


the Board and he may also provisionally be appointed subject to the

necessary certificate being given to him by the Government of India.

(3) No person shall be recruited to the Service by direct appointment, unless he

produces a certificate of character from the principal academic officer of the

university, college, school or institution last attended, if any, and similar

certificates from two responsible persons not being his relatives who are

well acquainted with him in his private life and are unconnected with his

university, college, school or institution.

5. Disqualification. – No person –

(a) who has entered into or contracted a marriage with a person having a

spouse living; or

(b) who having a spouse living has entered into or contracted a marriage with

any person;

shall be eligible for appointment to the Service;

Provision that the Government may if satisfied that such marriage is

permissible under the personal law applicable to such person and the other

party to the marriage and that there are other grounds for so doing, exempt

any person from the operation of this rule.

6. Age. - (1) No person shall be recruited to the Service by direct appointment if

he is less than eighteen years or more than twenty-seven years of age on the

first day of ................... January immediately preceding the last date fixed for

receipt of applications or unless he is within such range of minimum and

maximum age as may be specifically fixed by Government from time to time.

Provided that the condition of upper age limit may be relaxed upto forty-

five years in the case of a person already in employment of the Punjab

Government, other State Government, or the Government of India:

Provided further that the appointing authority may for reasons to be

recorded in writing relax the upper age limit for a category or class of persons:


Provided further that in the case of candidates belonging to the

Scheduled Castes and other Backward Classes, the upper age limit, shall be such

as may be fixed by Government from time to time.

(2) In the case of a Demobilised Armed Forces personnel, his age at the

time of joining military service or training prior to the commission, as the case

may be, shall be the determining factor for the purposes of this rule and if at

that time he was within the age limits prescribed in this rule he shall be

considered to be within the age limits for recruitment to the Service.

7. Appointing authority. All appointments to the Service shall be made by

Superintending Engineer concerned to the Circle excepting that of

Superintendent. Grade-II who shall be appointed by the Chief Engineer.

8. Method of appointments and qualifications. – (I) No person shall be appoint d

to any post in the Service unless he possesses the qualifications and experience

mentioned against that post in Appendix 'B' to these rules.

(2) All appointments to the Service shall be made in the following manners,

namely:-

(a) In the case of Superintendent, Grade II –

(i) 75% by promotion from amongst Superintendent, Grade IV, and

(ii) 25 – by transfer or deputation of an official already in Government service.

(b) In the case of Superintendent, Grade IV by promotion from amongst the

Accounts Clerk/Assistants and Stenographers.

(c) In the case of Accounts Clerks and Assistants,-

(i) By promotion from amongst the Clerks, Senior Clerks or Ledger Keeper,

Meter Clerks, or

(ii) By transfer if a suitable candidate is not available by the method specified in

item (i).

(d) In the case of Stenographers, -


(i) 75% by promotion from amongst the Steno-typists; and

(ii) 25% by direct appointment; or

(iii) By transfer if a suitable candidate is not available by the afore

mentioned – two – methods.

(e) In the case of Steno-typists –

(i) 25% by promotion from amongst Clerks; and

(ii) 75% by direct appointment; or

(iii) by transfer if a suitable candidate is not available by the aforementioned

two methods.

(f) In the case of Clerks/Ledger Keepers/Meter Clerks –

(i) 90% by direct appointment; and

(ii) 10% by promotion from amongst Class IV employees; or

(iii) by transfer if a suitable candidate is not available by the afore

mentioned two methods.

(3) All appointments to the Service by promotion shall be made on the basis of

seniority-cum-merit and no person shall be entitled to claim promotion on the

basis of seniority alone.

9. Probation of persons appointed to Service. – (1) Persons appointed to a post

in the Service shall remain on probation for a period of two years, if recruited

by direct appointment and one year, if recruited otherwise:

Provided that –

(a) any period after such appointment spent on deputation on a corresponding

or a higher post shall count towards the period of probation;

(b) in the case of an appointment by transfer any period of work in equivalent

of higher rank, prior to appointment to the Service may in the discretion of

the appointing authority be allowed to count towards the period of

probation; and


(c) any period of officiating appointment to the Service shall be reckoned as

period spent on probation, but no person who has so officiated shall, on the

completion, be entitled to be confirmed, unless he is appointed against a

permanent vacancy.

(2) If, in the opinion of the appointing authority, the work or conduct of a

person during the period of probation is not satisfactory, it may-

(a) if such person is recruited by direct appointment, dispense with his services,

or revert him to a post on which he held lien prior to his appointment to the

Service by direct appointment; and

(b) If such person is recruited otherwise,

(i) revert him to his former post; or

(ii) deal with him in such other manner as the terms and conditions of his

previous appointment permit.

(3) On the completion of the period of probation of a person, the appointing

authority may-

(a) If his work or conduct has in its opinion, been satisfactory,

(i) confirm such person from the date of his appointment, if appointed against a

permanent vacancy; or

(ii) confirm such person from the date from which a permanent vacancy occurs,

if appointed against a temporary vacancy; or

(iii) declare that he has completed his probation satisfactorily if there is no

permanent vacancy; or

(b) If his work or conduct has not been, in its opinion satisfactory,


(i) dispense with his services, if appointed by direct appointment or if appointed

otherwise, revert him to his former post, or deal with him in such other manner

as the terms and conditions of his previous appointment may permit; or

(ii) extend his period of probation and thereafter pass such order as it could

have passed on the expiry of the period of probation as specified in sub-rule (1):

Provided that the total period of probation. Including extension, if any, shall not

exceed three years.

10. Seniority of members of Service: - (1) The seniority interest of members of

the Service, in each cadre shall be determined by the length of continuous

appointment on a post in that cadre of the Service:

Provided that in the case of a member recruited by direct appointment who

joins within the period specified in the order of appointment or within such

period as may from time to time be extended by the appointing authority

subject to a maximum of four months from the date of order of appointment,

the order of merit determined by the commission or the Board, as the case may

be, shall not be disturbed:

Provided further than in case any candidate is permitted to join the Service

after the expiry of the said period of four months in consultation with the

Commission or the Board, as the case may be his seniority shall be determined

from the date he joins the Service:

Provided further that in case any candidate of the next selection has join the

Service before the candidate referred to in the preceding provision joins, the

candidate so referred shall be placed below all the candidates who join within

the time specified in the first proviso:

Provided further that in the case of two or more members appointed on the

same date, their seniority shall be determined as follows:-


(a) a member recruited by direct appointment shall be senior to a member

recruited otherwise;

(b) a member appointed by promotion shall be senior to a member appointed

by transfer;

(c) in the case of members appointed by promotion or transfer, seniority shall

be determined according to the seniority of such members in the appointments

from which they were promoted or transferred; and

(d) in the case of members appointed by transfer from different cadres, their

seniority shall be determined according to pay, preference being given to a

member who was drawing a higher rate of pay in his previous appointment,

and if the rates of pay drawn are also the same, then by their length of service

in those appointments; and if the length of such service is also the same an

older member shall be senior to a younger member.

Note: - Seniority of members appoint on purely provisional basis shall be

determined as and when they are regularly appointed keeping in view the date

of such regular appointment.

11. Liability of members of Service to transfer. – A member of Service may be

transferred by the Government to any post, whether included in any other

Service or not, on the same terms and conditions as are specified in rule 3.17 of

the Punjab Civil Services Rules Volume I, Part-I.

12. Liability to Service. – A member of the Service shall be liable to serve at any

place, whether with in or out of the State of Punjab, on being ordered to do so

by the appointing authority.

13. Leave, pension and other matters. – In respect of pay, leave, pension and all

other matters not expressly provided for in these rules, the member of the


Service shall be governed by such law and rules or regulations as may have

been or may hereafter be adopted or made by the competent authority.

14. Discipline, Penalties and Appeal. – (1) In the matter of discipline,

punishment and appeal, and members of the Service shall be governed by the

Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, and the appellate

authority there under in respect of the members of the Service shall be as

specified in Appendix 'C' to these rules.

(2) The authority empowered to impose penalities as specified in rule 5 of the

Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, and the appellate

authority there under in respect of the members of the Service shall be as

specified in Appendix 'C' to these rules.

(3) The ability competent to heat an appeal against an order specified in rule 15

of the Punjab Civil Services (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1970, and other

imposing any of the penalities mentioned in Appendix 'C' to these rules, shall be

the Government.

15. Liability for vaccination and re-vaccination – Every member of the Service

shall get himself vaccinated or re-vaccinated when Government so directs by a

special or general order.

16. Oath of allegiance. – Every member of the Service, unless he has already

done so, shall be required to take oath of allegiance to India, and to the

Constitution of India as by law established.

17. Power to relax. – Where the Government is of opinion that it is necessary or

expedient so to do, it may by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing relax

any of the provisions of these rules with respect to any class or category of

persons:


Provided that the provisions relating to educational qualifications and

experience shall not be relaxed.

18. Interpretation. – If any question arises as to the interpretation of these

rules, the Government shall decide the same.

19. Repeal and Savings. – The Punjab Public Works Subordinate Services

(Buildings and Roads Branch) Rules, 1934, published with Punjab Government

Notification No. 1455-E, dated 30th January, 1934 are hereby repealed:

Provided that any order issued or any action taken under the rules 20 repealed

shall be deemed to have been issued or taken under the corresponding

provision of these rules.

APPENDIX 'A'

[See rules 1(3) and 3]

Sr.

No.

Designation of

Post

No. of posts

Permanent Temporary Total Pay Scale

1. Superintendent Grade-II

5 3 8 800-25-580-30-1,000/ 40-1, 200/50-1,400

2. Superintendent Grade-IV

21 20 41 620-20-7,00/25-850/ 30-1,000/40-1,400

3. Stenographer 5 4 9 570-15-600-20-700/ 25-850, 30-1,080/40-1,080

4. Accounts Clerk/ Assistant

63 76 139 Ditto

5. Senior Clerk (S.D.C)

19 15 34 510-15-600/20-700/ 25-800

6. Steno-typists 75 57 132 400-10-450/15-525 plus Rs. 25 Special Pay

7. Clerks 318 279 597 400-10-450/15-525

8. Ledger Keeper -- 1 1 400-10-450/15-525

9. Meter Clerk 5 6 11 400-10-450/15-525


APPENDIX 'B'

Sr.

No.

Name of the

Post

Minimum Educational and other qualifications for Minimum Experience required for

By promotion By Direct appointment

By transfer/ deputation

Promotion Direct appointment

Transfer/deputation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8


Matriculate of a recognised University

or its equivalent

-- Graduate of a recognised

University or its equivalent

Should have an experience of working as Superintendent Grade-IV for a period of five years

-- Should have an experience of working as Superintendent Grade-II for a minimum period of 2 years or on an equivalent post in the Government of India or other State Government



or its equivalent

-- -- Should have an experience of working on any one or more on the posts of Accounts clerk and Assistant and Stenographer for a minimum period of 4 years

-- --


3. Accounts Clerk/ Assistant


or its equivalent

-- Matriculate of a recognised


Should have an experience of working on the post of Clerk/ Senior Clerk/ Ledger Clerk/ Meter Clerk for a minimum period of eight years

-- Should have an experience of working on the post of Clerk/Senior Clerk/Ledger Clerk/Meter Clerk for a minimum period of eight years

4. Stenographer Qualifies departmental tests in

stenography to be specified by the Chief

Engineer

-- Graduate of recognised

University or its equivalent and

qualifies competitive test in stenography and type at the

speed of 100 words per minute and 40 words per

minute, respectively to be held by the Board

Graduate of recognised University or its equivalent

-- Should have an experience of working on the post of Stenographer for a minimum period of two years

5. Steno-typists Qualifies Departmental tests in stenography and type

at the speed of 80 words per minute


University or its equivalent and

qualified the test

Matriculate of a recognised University or its equivalent

-- Should have an experience of working on the post of Steno-typist for a minimum period of


and 30 words per minute respectively

in stenography and type at the

speed of 80 words per minute and 30 words per

minute, respectively to be

held by the Board.

two years

6. Clerk/ Senior Clerk


or its equivalent



Matriculate of a recognised University or its equivalent

Should have at least three yars services as class IV employee

Should have at least two years service as Clerk

7. Ledger Keeper Matriculate of a recognised University

or its equivalent

Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto

8. Meter Clerk Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto


APPENDIX 'C'

[See rules 14(2)]

Sr. No.

Designation of

the Post

Nature of Penalty Authority empowered to impose penalty

Appellate Authority

1 2 3 4 5


(i) Censure (ii) withholding of his promotion (iii) recovery from his pay of the whole or part of any pecuniary losses caused by him to Government by negligence or breach of orders. (iv) withholding of increments of pay (v) reduction to a lower stage in the time scale of pay for a specified period with further direction as to whether or not the Government employee will earn increments of pay during the period of such reduction and whether on the expiry of such period the reduction will or will not have the effect of postponing the future increments of his day (vi) reduction to a lower time scale of pay grade post or service which shall ordinarily be a bar to the promotion of the Government employee to the time scale of

Chief Engineer Government


pay, grade, post of service from which he was reduced with or without further directions regarding conditions of restoration to the grade or post or service from which the Government employee was reduced and his seniority and pay of such restoration to that grade, post or service (vii) compulsory retirement (viii) removal from service which shall not be a disqualification for future employment under the Government (ix) dismissal from service which shall ordinarily be a disqualification for future employment under the Government


(i) Censure (ii) Withholding of his promotion (iii) recovery from his pay of the whole or part of any pecuniary losses caused by him to Government by negligence or breach of order (iv) withholding of increments of pay (v) reduction to a lower stage in the time scale of pay for a specified period with further

Superintending Engineer of the

concerned circle

Chief Engineer

3. Stenographer 4. Accounts Clerk/

Assistant

5. Senior Clerk (S.D.C)

6. Steno-typists 7. Clerks 8. Ledger Keeper 9. Meter Clerk


direction as to whether or not the Government employee will earn increments of pay during the period of such reduction and whether on the expiry of such period, the reduction will or will not have the effect of postponing the future increments of his pay (vi) reduction to a lower time scale of pay grade, post or service which shall ordinarily be a bar to the promotion of the Government employee to the time scale of pay, grade post or servcie from which he was reduced with or without further directions regarding conditions of restoration to the grade or post or service from which the Government employee was reduced, and his seniority and pay on such restoration to that grade post or service (vii) compulsory retirement (viii) removal from service which shall not be a disqualification for future employment under the Government (ix) dismissal from service which shall


ordinarily be disqualification for future employment under the Government

V.K. Khanna,

Secretary to Government, Punjab,

Department of Public Works.


DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL

(PERSONNEL POLICIES BRANCH-I)

Notification

The 18th December, 2001

No. G.S.R. 115/Const./Art. 309/Amd.(6)/2001.-In exercise of the power

conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, and all other

powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to make the

following rules further to amend the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common

Conditions of Service Rules, 1994, namely:-

RULES

1. (1) These rules may be called the Punjab Civil Services (General and

Common Conditions of Service (Second Amendment) Rules, 2001.

(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on and with effect from

the 8th day of September, 200.

2. In the preamble of the Punjab Civil Service (General and Common

Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994, for the figures, sign and words "Class I,


Class II, Class III", the sign and words "Group 'A' Group 'B' and Group 'C'

shall be substituted.

3. In the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of Service)

Rules, 1994, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), for the figures, signs

and words "Group 'A', Group 'B' and Group 'C' be substituted respectively.

4. In the said rules in rule 2, for clause (g), the following shall be substituted,

namely:-

"(g)" Service means any Group 'A'. Service, Group 'B' Service and Group 'C'

Service constituted in connection with the affairs of the State of Punjab as

or scales .................




Notification



conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, and all

other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is

pleased to rescind the Notification No. G.S.R. 19/Const./Art.309/62, dated

the 20th January, 1962 containing the Punjab Services (Appointment by

Promotion) Rules, 1962 with effect from the 6th day of September, 2001.

N.K.Arora Chief Secretary to Government of Punjab.





Notification



conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, and all

other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab is

pleased to make the following rules further to amend the Punjab Civil

Services (General and Common Conditions of Service) Rules, 1994,

namely:-

RULES

1. (i) These rules may be called the Punjab Civil Services (General and

Common Conditions of Service) (Third Amendment) Rules, 2001.

(ii) They shall be deemed to have come into force on and with effect

from the 6th day of September 2001.

2. In the Punjab Civil Services (General and Common Conditions of

Service) Rules, 1994, for rule 18, the following shall be substituted,

namely:-

"18. Promotion to Group 'A' and Group 'B' Services. – (1) (a) For

promotion to the post as Head of Department would be decided strictly

on the basis of merit-cum-seniority as per the instructions issued by the

Government from time to time. The minimum be mark for promotion

for such post would be 'Very Good'. The officer who is graded as

'Outstanding' would supersede the officer graded as 'Very Good'.

(b) For promotion to post falling in Group 'A' other than Head of

Department, the minimum bench mark will be 'Very Good' as per the


instructions issued by the Government from time to time. There shall

be no supersession on the basis of merit.

(c) for promotion to post falling in Group 'B'. the minimum bench mark will

be 'Good' and there shall be no supersession on the basis of merit.

(2) Dabarring for consideration for promotion of a Government Employee

who refuses to accept promotion. – In the event of refusal to accept

promotion by a member of a service, he shall be debarred by the

appointing authority from consideration for promotion for all the

consecutive chances which may occur in future within a period of two

years from the date such refusal to accept promotion:

Provided that in a case where the appointing authority is

satisfied that a member of a service has refused to accept promotion

under the circumstances beyond his control it may exempt such a member

for reasons to be recorded there for in writing from the operation of this

rule."

N.K. ARORA

Chief Secretary to the Government of Punjab.

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